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My life in stationery – Frankie of the Native State
It's a bit like looking at someone's bookshelf. On the whole, you can tell a lot about a person by their stationery related tastes and habits. In this post, Frankie Kerr-Dineen, a Scottish based designer at The Native State, tells us about her life in stationery. So...
It’s a stickup!
Who doesn't love stickers? Perfect for livening up folders and notebooks. Splendid at envelope decoration. Lovely added to letters. Delightful in a bujo. In fact, I've even livened up my plain grey water bottle with some stickers. It's like sewing patches onto your...
Boxing and unboxing
Opening your post is one of the joys of receiving post. It's like a mini Christmas. Plus it's even more exciting when it isn't a bill or a circular. Or when you can't guess exactly what will be in it just from looking at the envelope. One of the exciting bits of every...
An envelope of snippets for March
Hooray for (slightly) warmer days. Hello, lunchtime strolls in the park. Welcome to green shoots. Ideally, we'd be suggesting that you got away from the screen and headed off to get some fresh air. However, spring weather is never predictable so you can save these...
3 tips for creating monthly intention spreads in a bullet journal
Intention pages in a bullet journal were something I really struggled with. I hoped when I started with bullet journaling that I'd uncover hidden artistic talents and start drawing amazing daily pages. The truth is I'm more of a minimalist (although I do like coloured...
An envelope of snippets for February
How's February going for you? At Ink Drops Towers things have been busy and random as usual (that's just what happens when two scanners work together!). We've been trying to conquer our job lists, make time for naps and not overdose on Earl Grey. Links to explore this...
Bujo January
January is a great month for bujo activities. You can start a bujo at any time but it seems extra awesome to do it at the start of a new year. Annastasia's musings on her bujo I took up bullet journaling in the latter part of 2016. Since then I really struggled to...
From the desk of a camera addict…
I've been obsessed with taking pictures all my life. Family pets, toys, cousins unfortunate enough to be spending the summer holidays with me. It was definitely the case that nothing and no one was safe from my little film camera back in the 80s and 90s. Badly exposed...
A little bit of London on your desk
Our January Ace selection included the red London bus e-racer. Ink Drops HQ is close enough to London for a day trip. But the chilly weather and transport issues are enough to make us put it off for when Spring begins. Instead, we're looking at adding the glamour (and...
Boxing January’s selection
Things we’ve learned in 2016
Happy 2017! We made a plan at the start of the year and while flexibility is a good thing plans only have any hope of success if you stick to them... right?! Decisions are hard to make. It helps if you have a rule of thumb.Priorities are good but harder than...
How Christmas cards defrosted my humbug heart
I confess: I've been a bit bah humbug about Christmas cards in the past. I looked miserably at the box of cheap cards that I was scribbling a standard greeting in with a cheap biro. And then decided that I just wasn't going to bother with the whole thing. Would one...